VOLNEY, N.Y. - After 25 years living on Route 3, a busy main road in Fulton, Evelyn and Ron Taylor had heard enough trucks rumbling by their home.

So they built a new one in 2001. It's set back 600 feet from the street and about the only thing they hear now is the occasional loud motorcycle, Evelyn Taylor said.

"It's just like a peaceful haven," she said. "You can't hear any sounds of civilization."

The Taylors, who are downsizing and relocating closer to family, are antique collectors and when it came time to pick out flooring for their new home, standard hardwood planks didn't seem quite right. Instead, they found a refinishing service for old barn wood.

The home's antique pine floorboards all came from barns in Pennsylvania and Ohio, Evelyn Taylor said.

Another highlight is a great room with a 24-foot ceiling, fireplace and stone work that rises the entire length of one wall in the living room area.

French doors in the great room's formal dining area open onto a back deck. The kitchen features an island with built-in range and breakfast bar seating.

A second deck extends off the first floor master bedroom. Stairs from that deck lead down to Black Creek, which runs along the property and is about 40 feet wide. The Taylors have caught largemouth bass and a northern pike there, Evelyn Taylor said.

The creek is great for kayaking and paddle boating as well, she added.

The home's first floor features a half bathroom along with the master bath. The master bedroom also includes a large walk-in closet.

A second full bathroom and two smaller bedrooms are on the house's upper floor. A first-floor office can double as a fourth bedroom.

But Evelyn Taylor's favorite part of the house isn't the great room or decks or master bedroom. It's not even the perennial flower beds she maintains on the property.

It's the walk-through pantry.

"You come in the garage door with packages and you go right into the pantry and go all the way through out the other end to the kitchen," she said. "It's like restaurant shelving in there. People get so envious when they see that."

Living Room: The living room is the most prominent component of the home's great room, an open space with a 24-foot ceiling. Seating faces a fireplace and stone work that extends from floor to ceiling. Windows flanking the fireplace on either side look out toward the front of the property.

Kitchen: The kitchen, also part of the great room, features custom appliances and an island with a built-in range. The island also has breakfast bar seating for four. Wood cabinets round out the look in the space. A walk-through pantry connects the kitchen with the garage.

Dining room: The formal dining area is the final piece of the home's great room. French doors open onto one of two decks at the home.

Bedrooms: Two smaller bedrooms upstairs accompany the master bedroom on the first floor. The master features a large bathroom and walk-in closet. The master bedroom opens onto a second deck. A first-floor office offers another bedroom option.

Bathrooms: In addition to the master bathroom, the home has a half bathroom on the first floor and second full bathroom on the upper floor.

Exterior: The 25-acre property is filled with hiking trails the Taylors carved out and groom themselves. They also maintain eight perennial flower beds, five raised beds and a vegetable garden. The site features fruit trees as well. The back deck looks out on a hill planted with 15 varieties of hostas.

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